Run SQL statements that are saved in a table - sql

I have a table dbo.usp_table with the following records:
EXEC USP_one
EXEC USP_two
EXEC USP_three
I want to execute these 3 or more stored procedures.
I could do this with a cursor.
However is there an easier way to solve this?

You can try this:
DECLARE #SQL NVARCHAR(MAX) = '';
SELECT #SQL = #SQL + YourColumn + '; '
FROM YourTable;
EXECUTE sp_executesql #SQL;
Where the column YourColumn contains the SQL command.

Declare a variable and store all the values(exec procedurename) inside the table into that variable appended with space at the end and execute the variable. Try this
declare #exec_proc nvarchar(max)=''
select #exec_proc += proc_name+' ' from dbo.usp_table
-- print #exec_proc
exec sp_executesql #exec_proc
Note : This will not work if your procedure accepts parameters

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##ROWCOUNT shows as 0 when deleting using dynamic query SQL

I am facing a trouble when using dynamic query and when trying to get the number of deleted records using ##ROWCOUNT
Here is my QUery
declare #query nvarchar(max)='delete from '+ #table_name + ' where kfh_id=' + cast(#kfh_id as varchar)
--print #query
exec (#query)
print #query
insert into tbl_cleanup_log (tablename,kfh_id,rows_affected,remark,deletiontime)
values(#table_name,#kfh_id,##ROWCOUNT,#query,getdate())
Here after the dyanimic delete query (inside my cursor) I am trying to store the number of deleted records into another table using ##ROWCOUNT. But it shows as 0.
I didnt understand what I did wrong.
My SQL version is 2012
##ROWCOUNT is working correctly. From the documentation:
Returns the number of rows affected by the last statement. If the number of rows is more than 2 billion, use ROWCOUNT_BIG.
The prior statement to the statement you use ##ROWCOUNT in is print #query and that returns no rows, and hence ##ROWCOUNT returns 0.
To fix this I would suggest PRINTing your dynamic statement first. Also you need to fix your dynamic statement so it isn't open to injection. Don't use the syntax EXEC (#SQL), use a parametrised call to sys.sp_executesql and ensure you properly delimit identify your dynamic object with QUOTENAME:
DECLARE #table_name sysname,
#kfh_id int; --Guessed data type
DECLARE #query nvarchar(MAX) = N'delete from dbo.' + QUOTENAME(#table_name) + N' where kfh_id= #kfh_id;'; --Schema is guessed.
PRINT #query;
EXEC sys.sp_executesql #query, N'#kfh_id int', #kfh_id; --Reminder, guessed #kfh_id data type
INSERT INTO tbl_cleanup_log (tablename,
kfh_id,
rows_affected,
remark,
deletiontime)
VALUES (#table_name, #kfh_id, ##ROWCOUNT, #query, GETDATE());
##ROWCOUNT should be the used immediately after statement, here the PRINT is between and it's changing the result:
DECLARE #row_cnt INT;
EXEC (#query);
SET #row_cnt = ##ROWCOUNT;
print #query;
insert into tbl_cleanup_log (tablename,kfh_id,rows_affected,remark,deletiontime)
values(#table_name,#kfh_id,#row_cnt ,#query,getdate());

EXEC sp_executesql will work with Integers but not VarChars

I'm using EXEC sp_executesql for a dynamic query in SQL Server 2017.
I've tried various testing scenarios, and I can get results in my query (for other parameters) as long as the values passed in are Integers. So, that means, Location and Department testing works. However, I can't figure out if there's something I need to do differently for when I'm sending a NVARCHAR or DateTime.
Here's my stored procedure, with the NVARCHAR param. Do you see anything I'm doing wrong?
(
#tktitle NVARCHAR(200)
)
AS
BEGIN
Declare #SQL NVARCHAR(MAX)
Set #SQL = 'SELECT timekeep.tkinit, timekeep.tkfirst, timekeep.tklast,
timekeep.tkemdate, timekeep.tktitle, timekeep.tkloc, timekeep.tkdept
FROM abc.xyz'
IF #tktitle IS NOT NULL
Select #SQL = #SQL + 'AND ([tktitle] = #tktitle)'
EXEC sp_executesql #SQL, N'#tktitle varchar', #tktitle
END
I can identify at least three issues:
You need to specify a length for varchar when passing it as a parameter.
You also need a space before the AND and the AND should be a WHERE.
You need to assign the parameter in the execute call.
So:
IF #tktitle IS NOT NULL
Select #SQL = #SQL + ' WHERE ([tktitle] = #tktitle)';
-------------------------^ separator
EXEC sp_executesql #SQL, N'#tktitle varchar(200)', #tktitle=#tktitle;

Is it possible to set a part of a select statement in a variable

I have a query of which the select-part is really long. I'd like to split this in several pieces, especially because some parts are in there twice or even more often.
What I'd like is something like the following:
Declare #SQLPart as varchar(1000)
Set #SQLPart = 'Field1,
case ... as Field2,'
Select ..., #SQLPart, ... From .....
Unfortunately this results error messages. I tried something like EXEC(#SQLPart) as well but of course this also didn't work. How would I solve this?
Yes, dynamic sql and sp_executesql:
CREATE TABLE ##Temp (Field1 int, Field2 int)
Declare #SQLPart nvarchar(1000)
Set #SQLPart = N'Field1, Field2 '
DECLARE #SQL nvarchar(1000) = N'SELECT ' + #SQLPart + 'FROM ##Temp'
PRINT #SQL
EXEC sp_executesql #SQL
DROP TABLE ##Temp
Your SQL code must be nvarchar type.
Alse sp_executesql is better than EXECUTE function, when you have many similar queries, sp_executesql caches executaion plans, and it can be better in perfomance.
You can use dynamic sql here,and use a EXECUTE keyword to execute this dynamic query
Declare #SQLPart as varchar(1000)
Set #SQLPart = 'Field1,
case ... as Field2,'
EXECUTE ('SELECT ....,'+#SQLPart+',... FROM ...')
SQL Server does not support Macro-Substitution, so you would have to use Dynamic SQL.
Declare #SQL varchar(max) ='Select ... ' + #SQLPart + '... from ...'
Exec(#SQL)

Declare variable and use in query

Please consider the following
declare #MyField varchar(255);
set #MyField = 'MyDatabaseField';
select distinct Table.#MyField
from Table
This results in the error Incorrect syntax near #MyField. Then I tried:
select distinct Table.['+#MyField+']
from Table
However, this results in an Incorrect column name error.
How do I correctly use the #MyField in this query? I'm on SQL Server 2008.
Please try executing by building a string.
declare #MyField varchar(255);
set #MyField = 'MyDatabaseField';
exec ('select distinct Table.'+#MyField+' from Table')
Refer sp_executesql (Transact-SQL), Using sp_executesql
You should use dynamic SQL to achieve that. You can use sp_executesql stored proc to do that. Please not that I changed your variable declaration to **N**VARCHAR.
declare #MyField nvarchar(255)
set #MyField = N'MyDatabaseField'
declare #sql nvarchar(max) = N'select distinct ' + #MyField + N' from TableName'
exec sp_executesql #sql

SQL Server stored procedures calls require variable declaration (but already declared)

I have a few stored procedures which I call in this order.
So, from the first stored procedure, importTaxonomy I call parseXBRL and from parseXBRL I call createTaxonomyStructure.
But in this flow, when the code of the last stored procedure is executed I get an error.
Msg 1087, Level 15, State 2, Line 1
Must declare the table variable "#temporaryTable".
Below you can find the first few lines code of this stored procedure:
CREATE PROCEDURE createTaxonomyStructure #taxonomy_table nvarchar(max), #debug bit = 0
AS
DECLARE #statement NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE #temporaryTable TABLE (taxonomyLine NVARCHAR(MAX)) -- declared a temporary table to avoid creating a Dynamic Query with the entire cursor, but just with the temporary table
DECLARE #taxonomyLine NVARCHAR(MAX) -- variable that will store one line of the taxonomy
SET #statement = 'INSERT INTO #temporaryTable SELECT taxText FROM ' + #taxonomy_table -- statement that will import the taxonomy in the temporary table
EXEC sp_executesql #statement
DECLARE taxonomyCursor CURSOR READ_ONLY FAST_FORWARD FOR -- read each line in the taxonomy to parse afterwards
SELECT taxonomyLine
FROM #temporaryTable
OPEN taxonomyCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM taxonomyCursor INTO #taxonomyLine -- parsing each taxonomy line and extracting the values from important attributes
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
DECLARE #id_element NVARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE #leaf_element NVARCHAR(MAX)
SELECT #id_element = (SELECT dbo.extract_IDElement(#taxonomyLine))
SELECT #leaf_element = (SELECT dbo.extract_IDLeafElement(#taxonomyLine))
SET #statement = 'UPDATE ' + #taxonomy_table + ' SET fullName = ''' + #id_element + ''', leafName = ''' + #leaf_element + '''';
EXEC sp_executesql #statement
END
I do declare this variable, but I still get the error and I don't understand why.
How can I get over this error?
Thanks!
the error is here:
SET #statement = 'INSERT INTO #temporaryTable SELECT taxText FROM ' + #taxonomy_table -- statement that will import the taxonomy in the temporary table
EXEC sp_executesql #statement
change it to
set #statement = 'select taxText from ' + #taxonomy_table
insert into #temporaryTable
exec sp_executesql #statement
The error is happening because in the scope of executing #statement there's no variable table #temporaryTable.